Sabayon 10 made its official debut late last week, and certainly most notable among the new additions to the free and open source operating system is yet another desktop edition, bringing the total number of choices for users up to four.
Now joining the ever-growing list of distros to offer a variation on , Sabayon
10 brings a number of other enhancements to the table as well. Here's a quick overview of some of the highlights.
1. A MATE option
Linux fans are no doubt already familiar with , the GNOME 2-like desktop that was first as an alternative for users wary of GNOME 3, and there's no doubt it's been gaining steam.
MATE is already available in packages for , , and , just to name a few, and now it's part of Sabayon 10 as well.
"Many people wanted GNOME 2 back and there you have it!" reads the official Sabayon 10 . "We are more than happy to serve MATE to all our users and officially support it starting from now."
2. Three other alternatives
As with Sabayon 9, this latest version comes with three other desktop editions as well. Specifically, version 10 can be had in editions featuring , GNOME 3.4.2, or .
3. Amazon EC2 support
Also new in Sabayon 10 is the ability to run the operating system on Amazon's EC2.
"Running Sabayon on Amazon EC2 is more than a necessity for us," the project team explains. "It's how we implement our failover disaster recovery plan."
Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) are now available for users interested in trying out Sabayon on Amazon's cloud platform.
4. Updates and fixes
Based on version 3.5.4 of the , Sabayon 10 updates numerous other packages as well, including bringing LibreOffice to . Among many smaller updates and fixes, meanwhile, "one nice and small feature worth a mention is the ability to sanity check your Live media (whether it is USB or DVD doesn't matter) through the Live boot menu," the project team notes.
5. Even more hardening
Last but not least, one of the key features added in Sabayon 9 was a hardened Gentoo profile, and Sabayon 10 takes that even further by also providing an X.org-friendly hardened kernel based on the Gentoo hardened patch set.
Want to give Sabayon Linux 10 a try for yourself? It's available as a free from the project site.